It always seems to happen when you're in a crunch!! Calm down and take a few deep breaths. Change the needle and bobbin. Check the bobbin case to make sure it is in correctly and rethread the machine. I hope this helps. You may need a new bobbin case. Good luck!

Sounds like what my brother 3100d did last week. I was in tears... I had to get a new bobbin case at $102. My machine is now working perfect. Fingers crossed for you. xx

On my Brother machine, when this happens, it us always the bobbin. The bobbin thread has to be wound tight. I can't use my little sidewinder, I have to use the machine itself. Make sure your material is hooped good & tight. If it is loosening, use another layer of stabilizer. Hope this helps, Good Luck! Tammy ****s for all!

Check your bobbin case. It may have a burr on it and if you file it down and buff it it'll work again and save you getting another bobbin case. What happens is if there's a burr the thread catches on it and makes a mess wrapping the thread around it.

When my machine does that I rethread it. I think it is in the tension. I try to pull the thread a little to make sure the tension is not loose. Usuallyworks for me.

I wish you the very best. When I got my Brother 4500D, that is ALL it did. I couldn't sew anything out without the whole thing getting stitched to the plate because the machine would stitch around the bobbin. I finally got so mad that the owner of the company exchanged it for a new machine. I never did find out what the problem was. I wish you the best and hope that it is something small!! IF you have access to a sewing store that sells embroidery machines, take your project there and "try out" one of their machines. They will gladly let you test drive one, and you'll get your project done. Stressless!! Good luck.

Just wondering if it's possible that the bobbin might have been placed in the wrong direction, just in case there's not a diagram on your bobbin case window to follow. As others have also said the top tension is another common culprit -sometimes on my Janomes the thread will leap out of the tension just to challenge me, so I rethread from the thread reel first up. Hope it continues to behave well for you.

My guess is somewhere inside that machine a little piece of thread is gumming up the works. Shine a bright light inside & look for any tiny little piece of thread hanging around & try to pull it out with some tweezers if you find any try to get it all out./Lillian

Try Ann's, here is her URL you may find some info that can help you/Lillian

This "bird nest" happened to my 10-year-old Janome MC 9000, a couple of years ago. The bobbin case was burred and I bought a new bobbin case, but the machine never went back to working properly. Desperate, I convinced my dear Hubby to buy me a new, modern machine with large hoops ... :)

I see you got lots of help. Here's what I have to offer: I've always been told, "if the bird's nest is underneath, the trouble is with the top or needle thread and just the opposite is true - mess on the top - check your bobbin. Hope things are working for you again! Hugs and *'s for you

Hope you got this sorted out and were able to finish your daughters present. Sarah.

Soooooooooo glad your machine is working again!!!!

did you change the needle? This is what happens with my 350 when my needle is dull. I'm sure you took out the bobbin case to look for errant threads - they are machine killers! good luck - let us know! christine

glad you got it working again and it was something simple. You had probably already fixed the problem with all the things you did, but it needed to be shut off to restart (like our computers have to shutdown to an update to take effect).

This happens with my Brother when I put the bobbin in up-side-down .. surprisingly I seem to do it often lol, hope it was that simple for you (compared to needing a service etc) :) xXx